Charges of assault, theft and dishonesty heard at magistrates court

People from all over county appear before magistrates - what happened to them?

CALNE: Justin Lee Blake, 29, of St Dunstan Close, Calne appeared before Swindon Magistrates Defendant and was remanded on bail charged with assault.

He is charged with assaulting Kelly Waldron by beating her in Upper Minty, near Malmesbury.

He pleaded not guilty and was remanded until October 31. He is also charged with causing damaged to a VW Polo belonging to the same woman. intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged.

He pleaded guilty but the case was also adjourned until October 31.

DILTON MARSH: Todd Donnelly, 29, of High Street, Dilton Marsh appeared before Swindon Magistrates for failing to stop after an accident and driving without due care and attention in Queens Road, Westbury on January 30.

CHIPPENHAM: Anthony Ballard, 28, of Unity Street, was sentenced to 18 weeks imprisonment suspended for a year and a half after admitting numerous assaults, criminal damage and cocaine possession.

On April 3, Ballard damaged a soft drinks pump and till at the Bridge End pub, assaulted two men, a police sergeant and a detention officer and was found in possession of 3.3g of cocaine. In addition to the suspended prison sentence, Ballard was also told to comply with an eight week night time curfew.

CRICKLADE: Damien Shears, 30, of Middle Ground, Cricklade, admitted stealing a £259 Panasonic television from John Lewis in Swindon. He was told to pay £259 compensation.

SWINDON: Rafal Zalewski, 29, of Copse Avenue, denies assault by beating. He was awarded bail to appear before magistrates on November 21 for the trial.

STRATTON: Police were granted a three-month extension on a closure order on a Stratton St Margaret flat.

The order prevents anyone except the emergency services, council and householder Anna Burns, 33, from entering the Swindon Road property.

SWINDON: Janusz Pielak, 58, of The Haven, Queen’s Drive, is accused of stealing prawns, energy drinks and tequila from Morrisons and using threatening behaviour with intent to cause distress. His case was adjourned to September 11 for a Polish interpreter to attend court. Under his bail conditions Pielak is banned from entering the Regent Circus branch of Morrisons.

OLD TOWN: Tom Scahill, 20, of Marlborough, Road, was fined £415 for drink-driving. Breath tests found he had 79 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35. Scahill must also pay costs of £85 and a £41 victim surcharge.

GORSE HILL: Reuben Bachofner-Brown, 23, of Cricklade Road, was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work after he admitted driving without a licence or insurance.

He was behind the wheel of a Nissan Juke on Manchester Road on April 12, 2019. Bachofner-Brown was given a 16-month driving ban by magistrates and ordered to pay £190 in costs and surcharge.

OLD TOWN: A 24-year-old woman accused of taking a knife into a care home will stand trial.

Mariedale Golajer, of Savernake Street, denies being possession of an offensive weapon - namely a craft knife - at Orchid Care Home on March 24. Appearing before magistrates, she also pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening behaviour.

She was granted unconditional bail for the trial on November 21.

SWINDON: Homeless teen Jakob Ksiazek, 18, of no fixed address, was ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work after he admitted possession of cannabis and a folding knife. He must pay a £90 victim surcharge and £30 in costs.

SWINDON: Padraic Gilmartin, 30, of Tobercurry, Ireland, will face charges of driving without due care and attention and driving without a licence.

Gilmartin is said to have been driving a Nissan Almera along Groundwell Road on June 5 when the offences were committed. Initially listed to be heard last month, the case was adjourned to September 18 at Swindon Magistrates’ Court. Gilmartin is yet to enter a plea.

WESTBURY: Norman Fenton, 65, admitted being breech of the peace in Westbury on September 6. He was bound over in the sum of £50 for six months.

BRADFORD ON AVON: Christopher Hobgen, 37, of Trowbridge Road, Bradford on Avon was fined £50 for stealing from Tesco Extra in Trowbridge on March 3. He pleaded guilty to the theft.

CRICKLADE: Kathleen Shiel, 33, of Common Hill, Cricklade, pleaded guilty to stealing a kettle from Wilkinsons in Swindon was sent to prison for seven days.

SHAW: Fiona Milner, 57, was fined £200 after pleading guilty to driving a Land Rover Discovery in Manor Farm carp park at Wadswick without due care and attention. She was also ordered to pay victim services £30, costs of £84 and had six points added to her licence.

CHIPPENHAM: Aaron Bishop, 30, of Unity House, Wood Lane appeared before magistrates on a number of charges including taking a car without the consent of the owner from Chippenham

He pleaded guilty and was given 100 hours of community service, a victim surcharge of £90 and was disqualified from driving for six months.

He also pleaded guilty to driving the Renault Kangoo car in Cocklebury Road, Chippenham between August 3 and 5 without the correct licence and without insurance. No separate penalty was imposed.

CHIPPENHAM: Amy Ollerhead appeared in court charged with going to Old Road, Chippenham despite being prohibited from doing so by a non-molestation order.

Ollerhead, 30, of Audley Road, Swindon, who pleaded guilty was sent to prison for ten weeks after hearing she had previously had a flagarant disregard to court orders.

TROWBRIDGE: The case against Patryk Krzyazak from London who is charged with assaulting Aaron Tucker in Trowbridge on June 6 is to be heard on September 13 by Salisbury Magistrates.

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